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Note 8: INTERNATIONAL CHARGES
During 2002, the Company incurred charges of $35.9 million related
to its international businesses primarily due to the reduction of
its European operations including the discontinuation of its European
market-making operations.The charges consisted of $13.1 million related
to the writedown of our investments in Nasdaq Europe, $3.8 million
related to the writedown of our investment in Nasdaq Japan, $7.4 million
related to the writedown of fixed assets that are no longer actively
used, $6.2 million related to contract terminations, $4.2 million
related to costs associated with excess real estate capacity and $1.2
million related to other charges. |
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